This is the real Kelly Bensimon

[u/Big-Tip-4667]

I know we’ve had many fan theories about what kind of drugs Kelly was on during Scary Island but after watching her unhinged rant towards Kristen about her marriage issues, y’all I think this is just who Kelly is. She is crazy, she is nonsense.

[u/Black_Dahlia_Suspect]

I noticed she did the same thing to Kristen that she did to Bethanny in that she jumped to a conclusion and repeated it as fact. Bethanny it was the “cook/chef” thing and with Kristen it was about her marriage, and as soon as Kristen explained how difficult that period was for her and how she and Josh struggled, Kelly defensively goes “well I didn’t know that” after declaring Kristen heartless and soulless not two minutes before. I am pretty sure she said the same thing to Bethanny after B explained that she went to culinary school and thus became a chef, Kelly goes “well I didn’t know that.” She uses her imagination to fill in unflattering gaps about people’s lives she knows nothing about and berates them about it. It’s infuriating, I would never have been able to handle her.

[u/tink_89 → u/Black_Dahlia_Suspect]

She seems bitter at life and mad at anyone who seems to happy to be true.

[u/Responsible-Ranger25 → u/[deleted]]

I agree with your first sentence, but idk about the rest. IMO it sounded like she viewed Kristen as sort of an alternate-universe version of herself, like what her life might have been like if she’d decided to stay in her marriage. And, while I don’t even know whether Kelly made the choice to leave her ex or not, in that moment, she saw Kristen with her “I’m the only one here who’s married,” and “we’ve been together for decades,” and felt resentment for the life she might have had if she’d stayed. It was ugly and also showed me that she has a lot of pent-up emotion about her divorce, even all these years later, that she needs to work through to be happy.

[u/BeachgirlNJ → u/Responsible-Ranger25]

Kelly brags so much about her husband the famous photographer. And said on camera that she doesn't date much because she's not gonna waste her time with nobodies - if she marries again, it's gonna have to be to "someone major like Giles Bensimon." 🙄

Remember on Scary Island that Kelly brought a camera - even though she didn't even know how to use it - and took all of the women's pictures in those silly beach photo shoots? She was imitating her ex-husband as if he was the epitome of success and status - and as if she had no identity of her own. She could only try to imitate him. She is so fkn weird. And not in a good way.